FBI headquarters in DC tops list of ugliest buildings in the nation

While D.C. is home to what some would call the most beautiful and majestic buildings in the country like the Lincoln Memorial and the Capitol, it is also home to some of the ugliest in the country, according to a new survey.

According to the survey conducted by home improvement company, Buildworld, the J. Edgar Hoover Building is the top eye-sore building in the U.S. The FBI headquarters was designed and built in the late ’60s and early ’70s. The disjointed building with the drab concrete façade stands out on Pennsylvania Avenue, blocks from the White House.

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The results also said the infamous Watergate complex is fourth ugliest.

Buildworld scored the structures by compiling tweets about the buildings’ architecture and counting how many of them were negative.

While the J. Edgar Hoover building took top marks in the U.S., it still fell behind the Scottish Parliament Building as ugliest building in the world. The Ryugyong Hotel in North Korea was deemed the ugliest building outside the U.K. and the U.S.

See lists of the ugliest buildings around the world on Buildworld:

J. Edgar Hoover Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) Building

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The J. Edgar Hoover Building on Pennsylvania Avenue in D.C. ranked as the ugliest building in the U.S., according to Buildworld. (Getty Images/iStockphoto/qingwa)

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Boston City Hall ranks second on the ugliest buildings list. (AP Photo/Ted Shaffrey)

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The Verizon Building in New York ranks third. (Photo by Andrew Burton/Getty Images)

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The Watergate complex is ranked as the 4th ugliest building in the U.S., according to Buildworld. (AFP via Getty Images/MANDEL NGAN)

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Denver International Airport ranked fifth on the list of ugliest airports according to Buildworld. (AP Photo/David Zalubowski, File)

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Trump International Hotel in Las Vegas is ranked as the sixth ugliest building in the U.S., according to Buildworld. (Getty Images/Joe Raedle)

U.S. Bank Stadium in Minneapolis, Minnesota, ranks seventh on the list of the ugliest buildings in the nation, according to Buildworld. (AP Photo/Jim Mone)

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The James R. Thompson Center in Chicago ranks as the eighth ugliest building in the U.S., according to Buildworld. (AP/Kiichiro Sato)

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The Alamodome in Texas ranks as the ninth ugliest building in the U.S., according to Buildworld. (Getty Images/Doug Pensinger)

The Florida State Capitol is the tenth ugliest building in the U.S., according to Buildworld. (AP Photo/Phil Sears, File)

Luke Lukert

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